include function wont go into directories

8ride

I am trying to use the include function which have used successfully many times. I can get it to work when the included .php file is in the same directy as the index.php file that calls it. But as soon as I try and call the file from another directory, it simply doesnt show up.

This works (up4.php is in the same directory as the index)

<php
include ("up4.php");
?>

This doesn't work (up4.php is located at http://www.chumpchange.org/main/Updates/up4.php)

<?php
include ("http://www.chumpchange.org/main/Updates/up4.php");
?>

I have tried changing everything and I still cannot get it to work, I think its a problem with the sever because a lot of directory related stuff isnt working properly.

jpmoriarty

always a good start - read the manual.

So you'll need to check that your php isnt below 4.3 ("Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3 do not support accessing remote files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled") and also bare in mind "If the target server interprets the target file as PHP code, variables may be passed to the included file using an URL request string as used with HTTP GET. This is not strictly speaking the same thing as including the file and having it inherit the parent file's variable scope; the script is actually being run on the remote server and the result is then being included into the local script."

Hope that's of some help.

8ride

Well, why would they do that? So there is absolutely no way to use the include function the way I want to?

sijis

you can do any of these things:

<php
include ("up4.php");

// or
include ("../../../up4.php");

// or 
include ("C:\Windows\Directory\up4.php");

// or
include ("/home/user/html/docs/include/up4.php");
?>

hope that helps.

8ride

Nope none of those lines seem to work. Keep in mind that my index page that has all the include funtions is at chumpchange.org/main/index.php and the update files are in the directory under chumpchange.org/main/Updates/

matt_4013

You can't use a url in an include, you have to actually use the file system structure. In your case, you would use:

include 'Updates/up4.php';

8ride

THANK YOU SO MUCH matt_4013!! So simple but somehow it worked? I swore I tried that exact code only with " instead of ' and I had brackets.

matt_4013

No problems 🙂

It worked because it has to be relative to your script that you're including it in. For Example, if your script is located in http://mooseit.biz/layer1/layer2/layer3/script.php and you wanted to include the file http://mooseit.biz/layer1/inc.php you would use:

include '../../inc.php';

Down 2 levels, and then add the filename.